Lincolnshire fire and rescue says they've invested heavily in resources to help them fight flooding

With its burnt-out buildings, crumbling blocks and masses of equipment, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue's Waddington Training Centre is the ideal place for the country's first responders to prepare for every type of emergency.

Government Ministers have visited the facility with the view to learn from it's successes and apply them nationally.

"We're here today to look at this incredible training centre, they train Fire and Rescue and beyond " said Minister for Building Safety Alex Norris.

We've invested a lot in our flooding capability

We've been speaking to Ashleigh Hildred, Group Manager at Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue about how prepared they were for future flooding.

He told us they are investing heavily in measures to tackle flooding.

It's after major damage was caused to homes across the county in places like Grantham, Boston and the Bourne area.

He told us: "I think we're very lucky here in Lincolnshire, we've invested a lot in both our flooding capability both with our personnel - the training and the PPE."

"But also the flood pumps we have across Lincolnshire have been used extensively unfortunately over the last few months and years with the storms.

"We also hold national resilience assets for high volume pumping which is really integral - they've been put to good use down the south of the county recently. "

We've got great facilities here which are some of the best in the UK

"We also train for them at the large site here."

"We can put kilometres of hose out for removing flood water and this benefits all the communities of Lincolnshire "

"A team of 4 made up a UK team of 76 to go to Turkey."

"It was a real privilege to be part of."

"We've got great facilities here which are some of the best in the UK to prepare us for those sort of incidents."

"That response was something I will never forget and thoughts are still with those affected."

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